More Tenet There were Tenet stories (and responses) all over this weekend, as this week’s Time carries a serial. Tenet says that Vice President Cheney and his circle of supporters “wanted to be able to limit the Iraqis’ power and handpick those Iraqis who would participate” in the government after the initial phase of the […]
Archives for April 2007
Lunch Weekly for Monday, April 30
Deal Reports Just e-mail to deals@PublishersMarketplace if you aren’t using the online form linked below. Report a deal using the online form The Key As usual, the handy key to our Lunch deal categories. While all reports are always welcome, those that include a category will generally receive a higher listing when it comes time […]
Lunch for Friday, April 27
Tenet Coverage Begins As often happens, a NYT reporter walks into a store, and comes out with the embargoed George Tenet book (bought without a discount, “at retail price”). Calling it “by turns accusatory, defensive, and modestly self-critical,” the Times quotes Tenet as writing: “There was never a serious debate that I know of within […]
Lunch for Thursday, April 26
Please Note Lunch is being served early because it’s my 15th anniversary and we’re playing hooky for the rest of the day. Another Hollywood Agency Moves In on the Book Business The Gersh Agency is the latest film-world player to add a book division. It will be run out of Gersh’s NY office by Phyllis […]
Lunch for Wednesday, April 25
Amazon Fools Them Again Wall Street was prepared for a lackluster Q1 earnings report from Amazon, and instead the e-tailer announced better than expected results, with sales of $3.02 billion, up 32 percent, and improved earnings of $145 million, up 38 percent from a year ago. International “media” sales of $1 billion (up 31 percent) […]
Lunch for Tuesday, April 24
On Halberstam As you’ve probably read elsewhere, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter and author David Halberstam, 73, was killed in a car crash in Menlo Park, CA. Wire NYT Knopf Books Another Clinton Bill Clinton’s publisher Knopf will also issue Carl Bernstein’s biography of Hillary Clinton, A WOMAN IN CHARGE, this June, with an announced 350,000-copy first […]